Cleantech & EV’s

VW confirmed that the production of electric e-Golf ends today at the Transparent Factory in Dresden. It will be replaced by the new ID.3 electric car. The VW e-Golf was, by most people’s description, a compliance electric car. It was built on an existing fossil-fuel-powered model, produced in limited quantities, and made available mostly in places to comply with regulations. However, it was a…

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Lanai Island, a former pineapple plantation that was almost entirely (98%) purchased by Oracle founder and Tesla board member Larry Ellison for $300 million in 2012, is the first in Hawaii to see a Supercharger permit filed by Tesla. The permit, filed in the county named of its bigger neighboring Island of Maui, can be seen here and contains the following language: Project: LOT 1013-A AT 12TH…

Pete Buttigieg, casually known as “Mayor Pete” since he was mayor of South Bend, Indiana, for eight years, was nominated last week by President-elect Joe Biden to be secretary of transportation. Buttigieg reiterated what he wants for the future of electric cars in the US late yesterday afternoon. Buttigieg on electric cars Buttigieg tweeted: To meet the climate crisis, we must put…